Rise of the Footsoldier: Retribution

"Revenge comes to Ibiza."

2026 1h 52m EN

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★6.5TMDB · 2

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Synopsis

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Tate battles ruthless mercenaries throughout Ibiza as he avenges his friend's death. Get ready for the biggest and most action packed film in the successful independent crime saga.

“Revenge comes to Ibiza.”

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Cast

Craig Fairbrass
Tate
Tamer Hassan
Colonel Sullivan
Leo Gregory
Captain Sergio
Jamie Foreman
Sam
Jana Pérez
Ross McCall
Miller
Vincent Regan
Phil Davis

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nick Nevern
Writers: Nick Nevern, Andrew Loveday
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Part of the "Rise of the Footsoldier Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ross Power. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Craig Fairbrass and Tamer Hassan and Leo Gregory carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Revenge comes to Ibiza.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt34470118 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Nick Nevern directs. Ross Power scores. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.
2Part of the "Rise of the Footsoldier Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Original score by Ross Power. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Craig Fairbrass and Tamer Hassan and Leo Gregory carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Revenge comes to Ibiza.".
7IMDB entry: tt34470118 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Original score: Ross Power
Runtime: 112 min · 1h 52m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): 15
IMDB: Rise of the Footsoldier: Retribution (2026)

Part of

Rise of the Footsoldier Collection

Rise of the Footsoldier is a British crime film released on 7 September 2007. The third production from BAFTA Award-nominated director Julian Gilbey, it is a gangster film based on the true story of the Rettendon murders and the autobiography of Carlton Leach, a football hooligan of the infamous Inter City Firm (ICF) who became a powerful figure of the English underworld. The sequel Rise Of The Footsoldier Part II followed in 2015 and the prequel, Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Beginning, came in 2017

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CinemaSerf2026-09-01
★ 5/10
“My father had a small farm on the outskirts of Yugoslavia…” Sadly that rather sums up the standard of the writing and just about everything else in this formulaic extension of the "Footsoldier" series. Now that "Kenny" (Josh Myers) really has ended up as butcher's meat, furious best mate "Tait" (Craig Fairbrass) has sworn vengeance on "Fisher" (Andrew Loveday) and his henchmen. That takes him, and "Sam" (Jamie Foreman) to Ibiza where they find themselves embroiled in a gun-running enterprise run by rogue Royal Marine colonel "Sullivan" (Tamer Hassan) with the help of his battle-scarred associate "Sergio" (Leo Gregory). It turns out that the Ibiza tourist board might have their legitimate cause for complaint too as not only are bodies piling up like last night's used condoms, the CIA (Ross McCall) is working with the local police on the trail of the menacing "Sullivan" and the enigmatic "Isabella" (Vanessa Bauer) is whizzing about the island on her black motor cycle with her own axe to grind, too. It's set in the mid-nineties and is brutal, after a fashion - but the formula is already very tired and here the lack of budget makes the whole thing look cheap and not very cheerful. There are plenty of pyrotechnics towards the end to liven it up, but Fairbrass is no Jason Statham and that lack of on-screen charisma extends to an entire cast who might all be better off swimming with the fishes after what felt like an overlong and very episodic couple of hours riddled with plot holes and implausible frying pan to fire scenarios. It'll be fine on the telly but I know it'll be like the others from this franchise - I'l never remember it.

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